Nearly two years ago we released details of how to build Android Automotive OS 11 for the Raspberry Pi 4B to give folk a cheap and easy way to run it on actual hardware. Today we’re making AAOS 13 available for the same platform. Since making the AAOS 11 build…

Creating an infotainment system from scratch is a big challenge. One certainty is that you won’t get it right on the first try. As with any software development project, the real power lies in being able to iteratively build out the product through a close collaboration between designers and developers. …

I think the car industry hasn’t yet realised the potential of what well designed companion apps can bring to car ecosystems. A companion app should not be an afterthought, or just a way to connect to the car, but it should be created from the start to facilitate all the…

Last month, we rented a Taycan for a week to better understand what it is like to do long trips with an EV. In the process, we found that it struggles with the same three challenges around infotainment as a lot of other carmakers: connectivity, route planning, and complexity. This…

We believe automotive consumer software can be significantly better. So we have been developing our own Android Automotive based infotainment system. One big area of improvement we see is usability. Compared to physical controls, touch screens have nothing to reach out to. Drivers have to divert their eyes from the…

Let’s go 15 years back in time. In 2007, most consumer software was device-based. We listened to music on an iPod, we navigated using physical navigation systems, and we used mobile phones to call and send messages. Today, devices are not the focus anymore. We listen to music via Spotify…

AnimatedVectorDrawables have been one of the great tools that you can use to add animations to your app, the XML approach and the online tools such as Shape Shifter have made it easy to create and use them, AnimatedVectorDrawables use view animation APIs specifically ObjectAnimator and AnimatorSet, but what if…

Munich, Germany — October 25th 2021 Snapp Automotive today announced that, after successfully integrating and testing MyScript’s handwriting technology as part of Android Automotive OS (AAOS), they are selecting MyScript as their preferred partner for in-vehicle handwriting recognition. Snapp Automotive is focused on improving the in-car experience for drivers and…

At a high level every product has a life-cycle that takes it from an initial idea, through one or more iterations, and then on to being replaced. …